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Germany invades Poland
The Blitzkrieg -
Britain and France declare War on Germany
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Phoney War
No fighting except Naval Battles
“Sitskrieg” -
Germany invades Norway & Denmark
Chamberlain resigns -
German invasion of France
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Operation Dynamo
Dunkirk Evacuation -
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Operation Dynamo
Dunkirk Evacuation -
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Battle of Britain
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Vichy France
work with the Germans under Marshall Petain -
Operation Barbarossa
Germany invades USSR -
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Siege of Leningrad
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Battle of Moscow
Germany lost the war and started retreating. -
Pearl Harbor Attack
Made U.S.A. enter WWII -
Battle of Midway
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Battle of Midway
After this battle, Japan changed from offense to defense -
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Battle of Stalingrad
First major German loss -
2nd Battle of El-Alamein
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2nd Battle of El-Alamein
Rommel in full retreat -
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Operation Torch
Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa -
Casablanca Conference
Roosevelt and Churchill plan the next phase of the war -
N.A. campaign ends
Axis troops in Africa surrender -
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Battle of Kursk
The Nazis unable to gather considerable forces against Russia.
The Soviets began to counterattack -
Operation Overlord
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Operation Overlord
Battle of Normandy -
Battle of the Bulge
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Battle of the Bulge
last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front -
Yalta Conference
US& UK & USSR discuss Germany & Europe's post war reorganization -
Battle of Iwo Jima
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Japan's last stand to defend the homeland -
WWII in Europe ends
Hitler committed suicide and Winston Churchill announced victory -
Potsdam Conference
The last WWII meetings held by ' big three'
Truman & Clement Attlee & Stalin -
hiroshima and nagasaki
atomic bombing -
WWII ends
formal surrender of Japan